Interscholastic Beach Volleyball League

Welcome to the IBVL Select Girls' Club BEACH Volleyball program where girls' clubs compete in 5v5 Dual Match Competitions and Tropic Pacific Select Series pairs tournaments in cooperation with the Interscholastic Beach Volleyball taking place alongside the Hermosa Beach and Long Beach league dates. 

In International School Sport Federation (ISF) terminology, there are two categories of competitions, "School" and "Select". School refers to teams made up of athletes from the same school and Select refers to teams that can be made up of athletes from different schools.

In addition to the Power League, the Select Series consists of dual match tournaments with the West Coast Club Championships (winter) and the East Coast Championships (spring) leading to the National Classic (summer)

The top three clubs from the West Coast Championships and America's Challenge will meet at the Tropic Pacific Beach Games in July 2026 for the National Championships in July 2026.

Five Pairs / Three Pairs Rules:

Standard club/scholastic/intercollegiate rules apply. Pairs are entered in order of strength and the match results of which club wins the most pairs within the match wins the dual match.

Coaches may coach during a side change, time out, during a dead ball or in between sets and must be seated on the sideline of the team. A mandatory experiment is in place allowing coaches to interact with players while seated on the sideline.  During a side change, coaches may not enter the court and must move with the athletes and not delay competition. During a time-out, coach may enter the court. Coaches may call a time out. During mandatory experiment competitions, each coach may have to provide a beach chair.

There is no verbal communication when the ball is in play including "in" and "out' calls from the sideline.